Lieutenant-Commander Nigel Tetley, who won a consolation prize of £1,000 for his performance in The Sunday Times Golden Globe round-the-world yacht race in 1969, was found dead on Saturday near Dover. He was 47. Tetley lost his chance of victory when his trimaran Victress broke up only 1,200 miles from Plymouth on his way home. He was picked up from his dinghy by a tanker north of the Azores after a voyage of nearly nine months. [The Times]

The wedding took place at the English Church, The Hague, Holland, preceded by the Civil Ceremony at the Town Hall, at 11 a.m. the same day. The reception following the wedding was held at the British Legation, at the invitation of Sir Walter and Lady Susan Townley. [Curtis]